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The house of the dead: or, Prison life in Siberia
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- en
About this book
Creators: Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) and Julius Bramont [Author of introduction, etc.] "The House of the Dead: or, Prison life in Siberia" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a semi-autobiographical novel published between 1860 and 1862. Based on Dostoyevsky's own four years in a Siberian labor camp, the work follows nobleman Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov as he endures brutal conditions and hostility from fellow prisoners. Through vivid portrayals of convicts and their crimes, the narrator undergoes a spiritual transformation, discovering unexpected humanity among hardened criminals while exposing the tragic absurdity of prison life in Russia. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 2149